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film graduates spilling thoughts on everyday movie news

Let’s get this out of the way first: I’m not a fan of Tim Burton’s. I don’t find beauty in his ubiqutous and heavy-handed grotesque art style, I don’t think twisted dead trees scream “ROMANTIC DARKNESS,” I don’t dig women’s choirs yelling “LALA...

Posted by Captain Howdy on Mar 10th, 2010 in First Impressions, Reel Thoughts | Comments

New IRON MAN 2 trailer gives it all away...

I enjoy that feeling of pressing ‘play’ on an online trailer, sitting back and thinking, ‘you’ve got about two minutes to convince me… go!‘ What usually follows is a...

Posted by Captain Howdy on Mar 8th, 2010 in Featured, Reel Thoughts | Comments

Thoughts on a ground-breaking Oscars ceremony (82nd Academy Awards)...

It used to be that I’d have to endure a media blockout through an entire Monday so I could enjoy the Oscars telecast. As it happens live on a Sunday night in the States, it’s actually around 10AM...

Posted by Captain Howdy on Mar 7th, 2010 in Featured, Reel Reviews | Comments

THE BLIND SIDE: Hollywood’s default setting...

Ordinarily, getting my wife to watch a film with me simply because I state: “it’s supposed to be really good, it’s up for an Oscar!” isn’t enough to get her keen on viewing it....

Posted by froley on Mar 5th, 2010 in Reel Reviews, Reel Thoughts | Comments

MEMENTO review: holy short-term memory loss, Batman...

Christopher Nolan is best known for his Bat-films, Batman Begins and The Dark Knight; big, heavy, dark comic book movies that have captured the hearts and wallets of a generation of moviegoers. But once upon...

Posted by JonBoy on Mar 3rd, 2010 in Featured, First Impressions, Reel Thoughts, Uncategorized | Comments

WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY promises to shed light on unsung Disney heroes....

If you asked a group of people in their twenties what films come to mind when you hear the word “Disney”, you’d most likely get responses along the line of The Little Mermaid, Aladdin,...

Posted by froley on Mar 1st, 2010 in Featured, Reel List, Reel Reviews, Reel Thoughts | Comments

Summer review round-up: the good, the bad and the ugly...

Way back in the beginning of December, in our first week of existence, I posted a list of the five most anticipated films of the summer. Now that it is officially autumn (even if the weather obstinately...

Posted by froley on Feb 25th, 2010 in Reel Reviews, Reel Thoughts | Comments

TREKKIES review: celebrating geekiness...

If you think Star Trek is ‘lame’ or ‘uncool’ then you are still manacled to the ball-and-chain of high-school mentality populararity contests, and should probably go back to listening...

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